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Counties off Coast see post-Katrina silver lining in development.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-AUG-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Counties off Coast see post-Katrina silver lining in development.(After Katrina)

Article Excerpt
While the hurricane winds of Katrina caused damage far inland including the southern Mississippi counties north of the coastal counties of Hancock, Harrison and Jackson, those inland counties have prospered in the three years since the storm as new residents and businesses sought areas more secure from hurricane damages.

"The black cloud of Katrina turned out to have a tremendous silver lining for the county," said Charlotte Koestler, executive director, Stone County Economic Development Partnership. "It has brought growth. Growth was probably going to come anyhow, but now because of Katrina, growth is coming faster. It moved the timetable up. Katrina was the catalyst for the growth."

The population of Stone County was 14,000 pre-Katrina. Now, it is estimated at 18.000. There has been an impetus to move to high ground, and the area will be even more attractive once $39 million worth of wastewater and water system improvements provided by a federal grant are installed. That is in addition to grants for a new water well and water tower.

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